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100
Do items such as cell phone chargers, fans, coffeemakers, desktop printers, radios, etc. consume energy even when they are turned off?
What is yes. Items such as these use energy even when turned “off.” This energy is referred to as “Phantom Energy” and can amount to up to 5% of a building or home’s energy use! Unplug appliances when not in use or try plugging a couple of your devices into a surge protector that can be clicked on and off to make things easier.
100
How much does the average American consume in paper, wood, and other products made from trees each year?
What is 7 trees.
100
Recycling ___ aluminum can(s) saves enough energy to run a television for three hours.
What is 1.
100
___% of the world’s water is now undrinkable.
What is 40.
100
The average ASU student leaves their lights on for ___ hours everyday.
What is 17.
200
Only 10% of the energy used by this type of light bulb is used to produce light. Double Bonus:What does the other 90% produce?
What are Incandescent light bulbs. What is heat.
200
Americans, who account for 5% of the population use _______ percent of the worlds energy.
What is 26.
200
10% of monetary purchasing goes to _______ materials?
What is packaging.
200
__/15 wars are fought over water.
What is 10.
200
A full bath is equal to approximately ____ gallons of water
What is 60 gallons.
300
Every year, more than ___ billion dollars worth of energy leaks from houses through small holes and cracks.
What is 13.
300
How many gallons of motor gasoline does the average American consume in one year?
What is 500 gallons. The average American consumes approximately 500 gallons of gasoline per year, whereas the average Canadian consumes approximately 310 gallons per year. Assuming burning one gallon of gasoline produces 20 pounds of CO2, the average American emits almost 2 tons more CO2 related to gasoline
300
Recycling plastic saves ______ times as much energy as burning it in an incinerator.
What is two.
300
More than __ billion people do not have access to safe water.
What is 1.
300
We throw away 25,000,000 OF WHAT every hour.
What is Plastic Bottles
400
Compact Florescent Lighting -CFLs- use ______ of the energy needed for incandescent bulbs.
What is 25% CFLs use only one-fourth the energy and last up to 10 times longer than incandescent lighting!
400
On average, how many aluminum soda cans are used in the United States each year?
What is 80,000,000,000.
400
One ton of 100 percent recycled paper saves the equivalent of ______ gallons of water.
What is 7000 gallons.
400
]It takes 1,536 gallons of water to produce ____ pages of water.
What is 500 pages.
400
___% of all purchases are disposed of within 6 months.
What is 99.
500
The US Department of Energy (DOE) recommends turning off the monitor and placing the computer on sleep mode if you are not going to use it for more than _______.
What is 20 minutes It is estimated that $2.8 billion in 2008 went to energy costs to power unused computers in the workplace alone. The amount of energy used for this is estimated to release over 20 million tons of CO2 emissions...the equivalent of the emissions from approximately 4 million cars! ***Lose the screen saver- they use just as much energy as when the computer is in use!
500
If all the world’s inhabitants consumed as many resources as Americans, how many planet Earths would be needed to meet everyone’s needs?
What is four planets.
500
A typical glass bottle would take _____ years or more to decompose.
What is 4000 years and even longer if it’s in a landfill.
500
One pound of beef takes 10.6lbs of grain & ___ gallons of water.
What is 8.
500
___/5 of air pollution is caused by the raising of livestock
What is 1.